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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 25/09/2026

Happy 9 to 5 day, Sister Dolly. We miss you ❤️

Photo of Dolly Parton in the movie "9 to 5."

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andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Dumbest. Mayoral. Election. Ever.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

QUESTION: We often talk a lot about cities that are doing great things that inspire us, and I usually don’t spend much time bashing all the OTHER cities even when they deserve it. But there are special cities that SHOULD BE SO MUCH BETTER than they are. Ottawa’s an example for me. What’s yours?

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Colleen @wildplumbay.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Could we for once have a mayor who is pro people instead of pro business? We have had decades of mayors and councillors who put people last. This list is evidence. @jleiper.bsky.social @brigittepellerin.bsky.social @davidmoscrop.com @ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social @dmacottawa.bsky.social

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It's Jamie @sjamieit.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Point #3 in Sutcliffe's 48 point plan to improve traffic flow: "Ensure pathways, multi-use pathways (MUPs), and cycling infrastructure (including bike lanes) are well maintained, swept and not unnecessarily impacted by nearby construction." Um, shouldn't the city be doing all those things already?

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Sean Devine @seandevine9.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Canada Day in Ward 9.

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

It is now illegal to post this image with the caption “become ungovernable.”

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Mark Oswald @markoswald.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

@ncc-ccn.gc.ca Saw a crew of yours pulling out Dog Strangling Vine along the canal this morning. Appreciate the effort to get rid of invasive plants.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 11/04/2026

I don't know how to explain to the people who pop up when creatives complain about "AI" to say there are legit uses for it just how much they sound like someone saying "Well actually fire is used to make bread" when people are talking about an organized arson ring burning down their fucking houses

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It's Jamie @sjamieit.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I (quickly) threw the city's road resurfacing dataset into an interactive webmap. This is the data that the city used for the 2025 Asset Management Plan. The map shows all the roads that need to be resurfaced in the next 10 years, most are already overdue for resurfacing according to the city.

sjamieit.github.io

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Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

It's Pride Month Retweet to scare a homophobe/transphobe ❤️

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I’ve seen a LOT of citizen presentations in my 34 years as a city planner, but this one might be my new favourite. Watch it.

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On This Day in Simpsons History @dailysimpsons.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

30 years ago today, Principal Skinner purchased fast food to disguise as his own cooking at an unforgettable luncheon with Superintendent Chalmers. #TheSimpsons episode “22 Short Films About Springfield” first aired April 14, 1996.

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Woe, Chicken Be Upon You @saffronstranger.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

The right wins: Democrats need to stop being so progressive The right loses: Democrats need to stop being do progressive

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Scaredyfish 🐟🐡🐠 @scaredy.fish · 09/04/2026

Love this video from @hankgreen.bsky.social - beautiful photos made all the more beautiful when you understand what's going on youtu.be/oaXRREHVkHo?...

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Explaining the Most Important Artemis II Photos

YouTube video by Hank Green

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Hello friends and also enemies, Behind the Bastards has been nominated for a Webby! This is the first award I've ever been nominated for, so if you'd like to vote for my show I'd appreciate it: vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...

vote.webbyawards.com

Vote for the best of the internet

I just voted in The Webby People's Voice Awards and checked my voter registration.

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Paul 🇨🇦 🚵 @paul-pothier.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Annually, how many people are killed by: a) a homeless person; b) a drug addict; c) a panhandler; or d) a driver? Now, tell me what is the greatest threat to personal safety in Ottawa?

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Read this. Great Canadian businessperson (and Dragons Den star) @arlenedickinson.bsky.social says it well.

Post from Arlene Dickinson on Threads: “There has never been a clearer line between good and evil than the Canada/US border now represents. He rages against us the most because of what we represent. We are close enough for him to smell our contempt for what he stands for. Our multicultural democracy and rule of law is a direct threat to his agenda of authoritarian rule and white supremacy.”

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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

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Dr. Trisha 🤡❤️‍🔥 Snakes 🐍 🦭, PhD @trishasnakes.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

The hands of the damned pulling earth into hell award

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Dylan Reid @dylanreid.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

"top designers and engineers are permanently staffed in government departments handling multiple big projects" No false economy of starving the civil service to save small amounts of money while actually undermining capacity, leading to cost overruns.

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It's Jamie @sjamieit.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Doug Ford: "Speed cameras DO NOT slow people down." Speed camera data:

Speed camera data showing drivers slowing down. Fewer high end speeders and lower average speeds over time.

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Ariel Troster @arieltroster.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Both @jleiper.bsky.social and I voted against the mayor’s budget direction because it won’t give the city the resources to maintain core infrastructure or make buses run on time. Also: giving police an increase of up to 6.5% without a corresponding increase in social services? Counterproductive.

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Spooky Morales @spookymorales.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

These are the people that make America great 🇲🇽🇺🇸

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Occasionally Spooky Transpo @occtranspo.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Important if you have the time. We're one of the very few that provide wastewater surveillance and it's pretty much the only barometer that we the public have to know if we're sailing down schitt's Creek

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onion person @junlper.beer · 14/04/2025

important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:

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Nate Blouin @nateforutah.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.

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Christopher Dornan @chrisdornan.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.

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Trudeau: Canada will retaliate with 25% tariffs on $155B of U.S. goods

YouTube video by CBC News

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

If you wanted to decrease the cost of homes, one thing you wouldn’t do is put a flat tariff on your main source of timber.

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Marit Stiles @maritstilesndp.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Doug Ford has one of the worst negotiating records that I've seen in a Premier. Just look at his Ontario Place deal: Why is every household in the province paying $400 each to subsidize a luxury spa in downtown Toronto?

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Jeff Asher @jeffasher.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

A New Orleans levee, 3:20 PM on a Tuesday

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;( @tomorrowx3.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

I think the multi-factor authentication was right not to let me in. I don’t feel like myself today.

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

It's education polarization, it's always educational polarization, it's literally just educational polarization, and nobody has a fucking solution to it which is why every one of these fucking articles is the fucking same. I don't know what the fuck to do about it either.

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Alex McPhee @awmcphee.ca · 10/12/2024

The average Canadian life: centres of population by age group.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

It takes a LOT more energy, effort, money and political will to fix the city-building mistakes of the past than it takes to do the right things in the first place, even if they SEEM hard to do at the moment.

Cartoon of a person rolling up a freeway like a carpet with a multi-modal boulevard underneath, representing how you ease decades of city-building mistakes.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

lol China's state media is sad about Bluesky because it's not an easy propaganda distribution channel like X (and Facebook) www.semafor.com/article/11/2...

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